SYSTEM FOR AVOIDING THE DEFORMATION OF SAILS SUCH AS FOCS MOUNTED ON REELS

摘要

System, especially for a roller-mounted jib sail, designed to create additional volume in the center of the roller, against which the sail is compressed as it is furled. System, especially for a roller-mounted jib sail, designed to create additional volume in the center of the roller, against which the sail is compressed as it is furled. The system may be in the form of a double conical roller (14) reinforced in torsion and the sail can be kept from creasing either by having slats sewn into it parallel to its yard or by making the sail from a fabric incorporating fibres resistant to compression, e.g. between two film layers. The sail roller is protected by a streamlined housing with an inner rib which presses against the sail